PLANET OF THE APES.

KOKO THE GORILLA



I don't know how many of you all are "Planet of the Apes" fans, but we aren't all that far from having the ability to talk to ape. Koko the gorilla has mastered sign language. She knows over 1000 words and its not that she is mimicing what her trainer is saying.



KOKO'S KITTEN



In 1984, Koko asked her trainer for a kitten. Not believing she knew what she was asking, they gave her a book of animals and when she got to a picture of a kitten, she signed that it was what she wanted. They got her a kitten and she carried it around and treated it like it was her baby. But the kitten died. Heartbroken, she asked for another kitten. Since her first kitten, All Ball died after being hit by a car, she's had two more kittens, Lipstick and Smokey. Lipstick because its lips were red and Smokey because it was gray. But then Koko asked for something her tainer never thought she would ask for, a mate.



KOKO'S MATE



So, all this shows that apes do thave cognitive abilities to think and commnunicate. Although they may lack the same vocal abilities as humans, the idea of Plannet of the Apes isn't all that far fetched.